English Explanatory Dictionary

Gjirokastër

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in southern Albania, located in the Drino valley east of the mountain of Gjerë; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
  2. A county of Albania.
  3. A municipality of Albania.

Word forms

Gjirokastër

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Gjirokastër, from Greek Αργυρόκαστρον (Argyrókastron, literally “silver castle”), from άργυρος (árgyros, “silver”) and κάστρον (kástron, “castle”) (from Latin castrum (“fort”)).

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